köken: Inherited from Middle French main, Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Compare Spanish mano and Italian mano.
aile: à la main, à main armée, à mains nues, avoir deux mains gauches, avoir du sang sur les mains, avoir la main lourde, avoir le cœur sur la main, avoir les mains liées, avoir un poil dans la main, baisemain
köken: Of Celtic origin: the Celts originally called it *Moïn, *Mogin, later Latinized by the Romans to Moenus, the form Moenis first attested 43 CE by Pomponius Mela. The meaning is uncertain, possibly Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”) (comparable to moenia (“walls”), or Proto-Celtic *mānis < Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“damp, wet, moist”) (see also Irish móin (“bog, moor”)). Compare the…
Maine (a state of the United States; probably named for the province in France) · Main, Main River (a river in the states of Bavaria, Hesse and Baden-Württemberg, in southern Germany, flowing into the Rhine)